Word Finder - devolution

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A rolling down.

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A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession

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The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.

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Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).

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It is quite disheartening to witness the devolution of our nation's political discourse over the past several years.

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The transfer of some powers, and the delegation of some functions, from a central sovereign government to local government; eg. from Westminster to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly.

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The question of whether England should receive devolution like Scotland and Wales have has dogged British politics for years.

This change of conception helped to further the notion of a certain devolution of apostolic powers to successors constituted by act of ordination.

The new chief secretary, while abstaining from displacing the undersecretary, whose encouragement of " devolution " had caused considerable commotion among Unionists, announced that he considered him as on the footing of an ordinary and subordinate civil servant, but Mr Wyndham had said that he was " invited by me rather as a colleague than as a mere undersecretary to register my will," and Lord Lansdowne that he " could scarcely expect to be bound by the narrow rules of routine which are applicable to an ordinary member of the civil service."

This policy, which was called Devolution, found little support anywhere, and was ultimately repudiated both by Mr Wyndham and by Mr Balfour.

After the conclusion of the war of devolution in 1667, he allied himself with Louis, and together they agreed to support the candidature of Wolfgang of Neuburg for the vacant Polish throne.

With regard to the devolution of property upon death, it may be remarked that the law of intestate succession applies equally to real and personal estate, there being no law of primogeniture.

The rules of kinship largely determined status with its correlative rights and obligations, supplied the place of contract and of laws affecting the ownership, disposition and devolution of property, constituting the clan an organic, selfcontained entity, a political, social and mutual insurance copartnership. The solidarity of the clan was its most important and all-pervading characteristic. The entire territory occupied by a clan was the common and absolute property of that clan.

The War of Devolution (or the Queen's War) in 1667-68 to enforce the queen's claim to certain districts in the Spanish Netherlands, led to the Dutch War (1672-78), and in both these wars the supremacy of the French armies was clearly apparent.

We believe that devolution can offer the same benefits to the English regions.

The president has the power to appoint assessors to advise him on technical points; and considerable powers of devolution of authority for the purpose of inquiry and report are conferred upon the court, the main object of which is to secure settlement by conciliatory methods.

Between the second and third wars of England and the United Provinces came the short War of Devolution (1667-68) - a war of sieges in the Low Countries in which the French were commanded chiefly by Turenne.

It is an old native element recast in Roman form, and well illustrates the Roman principle of local government ST by devolution.

The change was clearly effected by the devolution of the military and civil powers of the king to the polemarch and the archon, while the archon basileus (or king) retained control of state religion.

It was thus that the first of his wars for the extension of frontiers began, the War of Devolution.

That is why Devolution works, and excessive centralism does not.

I cannot understand those unionist parties who are opposing the devolution of policing powers.

I want devolution to work, to deliver for the people of Scotland.

The second issue is whether asymmetrical devolution, devolution for just some parts of the United Kingdom and not others is viable.

Since 1997 there has been a dramatic shift in public opinion in favor of welsh devolution.

A strong Scottish parliament Scottish devolution was slightly different from the rest, however.

There has been good debate about the concept of ' double devolution ' that I set out in my NCVO speech on Tuesday.

Double devolution, by linking the two changes together, implies an equivalence that might not emerge in practice.

In the end devolution in Northern Ireland is an essential part of making this peace process irreversible.

At the time of the devolution referendum the CBI Scotland polled the 1200 Scottish company directors.

It featured a tailor-made fifth pledge to Welsh and Scottish voters, offering them a referendum on devolution.

The State and the Nations, the first of an annual series of yearbooks on devolution, will add to its reputation.

However, no new talks to try to restore devolution are planned ahead of the next general election.

Scotland needs a devolution settlement in which lines of accountability are crystal clear.

The delay may be explained by the change of government, followed by devolution, followed by the Scottish Executive's increasing predilection for consultation.

Its focus was to draw up a detailed blueprint for devolution.

For some time the relative merits or otherwise of administrative or legislative devolution have been debated.